Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Muhlenbergia schreberi (Nimblewill) [Poaceae]
(observations are from Rider, Blackman & Eastop, Gangwere)
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Pentatomidae: Hymenarcys nervosa Rid2009
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Hysteroneura setariae (Rusty Plum Aphid) [found on plum & possibly cherry trees as primary hosts, migrating during the summer to the leaves & inflorescences of various grasses; this aphid is native to North America, including Illinois] BE2013
Orthoptera (Grasshoppers)
Tettigoniidae: Conocephalus brevipennis (Short-winged Meadow Katydid) [feeds on spikelets, field observations] Ggw1961